Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker

Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker
My rating: 5 of 5 stars If I could give 100 stars I would. 

loved it. loved both. deep and emotional

I'm so glad the author chose to make a sequel to the much beloved book Pax. This one was just as good as the first, though just as painful to read. I really don't understand how this is a kid's book. I'm a grown woman and I find the book extremely deep emotionally and it is so intense and so sad. I know this book is about healing, but I cried so very much.
I didn't want the story to end. I finished the book in two days. This book picks up with Pax and his mate having a litter of pups. The land is devastated in the after effects of war. Pax must find a better home for the family with more food, clean water, less people, etc. He sets off to find this and I will not put in any spoilers. But this story gripped me heart and soul from beginning to end.

 
I want more. I am fully invested in the lives of these beautiful foxes. I wish the author would write another in the series about them; sadly she said this is the last novel on them. 😢

October 28, 2025 – Started Reading

October 30, 2025 – Finished Reading

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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Light Between Oceans is a beautiful story of Tom Sherbourne, a man whose war service and the unspeakable horrors he has endured have made him quiet, repressed and unable to express his feeling with ease. Grateful for the solitude lighthouse keeping affords him, he moves from post to post as a relief keeper, never staying in one place too long. When he’s posted to Port Partageuse to relieve the last keeper (who it turns out went mad) on the remote Janus Rock, 100 miles off the coast of Western Australia, he is able to enjoy the isolation such a distant locale affords – that is, until he meets the passionate, day-dreaming Isabel who awakens him to the joys of feeling again.

Writing to each other, they maintain contact and a slow and welcome romance develops into a relationship. But when Tom takes his new wife, Izzy, to this wild outpost of Janus Rock, the idyllic life Tom and Isabel thought they would have, one where they create a perfect family, unravels. 

I loved this book! What a great story telling author. I will definitely check out her other book.

This is a great story that draws you right in. Amazing characters, great detail and captivating read. I couldn't put it down. Many emotions. Sad ending, but fitting. I loved every bit. Would recommend. 

I have since found out that there is a movie made after the book.  I am excited to find the movie and watch it now to see how closely it follows the book. 

October 28, 2025 – Started Reading

November 17, 2025 – Finished Reading

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